Yanagita Kunio and the Folklore Movement (RLE Folklore): The Search for Japan's National Character and Distinctiveness

by Ronald Morse

Overview

This book provides a study of folklore in Japan. It also provides detail about Japanese political and literary trends which influenced or were influenced by the folklore scholarship of Yanagita. The book is useful for professional folklorists and any individual who is interested in folklore.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138845688
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/26/2016
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. The Formative Years 2. Policy and Agrarian Society 3. Yanagita Folklore: Structure and Influence 4. The Sources for Yanagita’s “New National Learning” 5. The Folklorist’s Craft 6. Folklorist as Hero